Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Siemens Grid Software helps accelerate and secure the energy transition through autonomous grid management and digital technology. The Project Technical Lead will drive the turnaround of a critical Grid Software initiative by diagnosing system problems, implementing governance, leading technical collaboration, managing risks, and partnering proactively with project managers and customers.
Responsibilities
- Diagnose root causes of underperformance (currently internal completion challenges) and implement systemic solutions, not quick fixes
- Design and implement governance frameworks despite objections
- Use data-driven decision making to drive improvements in sprint predictability and completion rates
- Drive process changes by weighing objections and building trust within the team
- Facilitate and redirect meetings independently when derailed
- Influence without authority – build consensus while holding firm on critical governance principles
- Leverage technical team leads effectively to manage complex Energy Market Management System architecture – you cannot be the technical expert on everything
- Build technical contingency buffers to protect against infrastructure outages and blockers
- Address chronic estimation inaccuracy through improved planning and risk management
- Work effectively with technical experts – building trust within the team
- PROACTIVELY partner with the Project Manager (not reactive)
- Align with the project manager and take co-ownership of the successful execution of the project
- Anticipate PM needs and provide clear technical input, options, and arguments for customer discussions WITHOUT being asked
- Identify and mitigate technical risks BEFORE they become critical issues affecting customers
- Navigate communication challenges: varying technical knowledge levels, and differences in communication styles
- Explain complex technical topics pragmatically and simply to diverse customer collaborators
- Build customer trust through transparency about risks and challenges, realistic expectation management, and consistent follow-through on commitments
- Manage expectations realistically, discussing trade-offs, and communicating proactively about risks
- Serve as credible technical voice in customer meetings, presenting options with pros/cons for decisions, bringing to bear subject matter experts within the team as necessary
Skills
- This is remote role within the contiguous U.S. requiring collaboration with U.S. colleagues in Central and Eastern time zones while providing global support across time zones up to 7 hours ahead of Eastern time
- Bachelor's degree required
- 5+ years in technical project leadership within software development, with at least 3 years in mission-critical or grid software systems (EMM, EMS, ADMS, SCADA, or similar)
- Ability to travel 25% (including up to three months at a time of international travel outside of the U.S.)
- Experience implementing governance frameworks
- Experience managing meeting derailment independently
- Experience with SCRUM
- Proven experience proactively partnering with Project Managers or Account Managers to realistically manage customer expectations
- Track record of building customer trust
- Ability to influence customers, senior leadership, and technical experts to change culture
- Experience working effectively with and leading team members
- Strong partner management skills – managing UP (to Engineering Manager) ACROSS (to PM, team leads), and DOWN (to team)
- Must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without the need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization
- We prefer that the person hired into this role be local to the Twin Cities to meet in person with our Minnetonka team—but this is preference, not a requirement
- With a preference for majors in computer science, computer engineering, information technology, electrical engineering, or physics
- (master's degree preferred)
Benefits
- Remote role within the contiguous U.S.
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